Buy this book on-line LENNON**, JOHN - Edited and with an Introduction by Hunter Davies: : THE John Lennon LETTERSLONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2012. ISBN 9780297866343.
UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - price printed to rear panel of dw/dj.Bright clean,wrap-around white background with Lennon's caricature black line portrait illustration to front panel with glossy,red+black lettered title and capitalised, grey lettered sub-title with Editor's name,spine /backstrip with capitalised red lettered title, repeated portrait caricature,capitalised grey lettered sub-title with editor's name and to foot of same,publisher's black lettered colophon,rear panel with subject's thumbnail,b/w portrait photograph and facsimile reproduction of typewritten,black lettered and black lettered handwritten date,signature+doodled letter. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or spilts present.Top edges bright and clean,fore-edges with a tiny smudge at top of fore-edge,else bright aand clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - but last 3 pages,2 of the index and the rear free endpaper affected with varying length accidental oblique angled fold/ crease - else appears an unread copy,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain pale grey textured cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked black lettering to spine/backstrip,a darker grey headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-392pp [paginated] includes an Introduction by Hunter Davies,a photographic and facsimile ephemera illustrated brief biography of subject,Editor's Note,Dramatis Personae,Pts 1-23,illustrated with profuse contemporary b/w biographical photographs and facsimile b/w+colour reproductions of letters,notes,music scores+ lyrics etc. throughout the text and the book, Acknowledgements/Thanks,a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table with b/w portrait photograph of John +Yoko frntis to its reverse, Foreword by Yoko with a contemporary b/w portrait photograph of John Lennon to its reverse.
Visually the exterior appearance is more than aceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness.
A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter. John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Imagine", and dozens more.
But it was in his correspondence that he let his personality and poetry flow unguarded. Gathered in this handsome volume are John Lennon's letters to family, friends, strangers, and lovers from every point in his life. Funny, informative, wise, poetic, and sometimes heartbreaking, these letters reveal a hidden side of the private genius.
This collection of nearly 300 letters and postcards has been edited and annotated by Hunter Davies,whose only ever authorized biography 'The Beatles' (McGraw-Hill,1968) was published to great acclaim. With unparalleled knowledge of Lennon and his contemporaries, Davies reads between the lines of the artist's words, contextualizing them and using them to reveal the man himself.
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